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File utility possible privilege escalation

Secunia Advisory:

SA8224

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Release Date:

2003-03-05

Popularity:

8,348 views

Critical:

Less critical

Impact:

Privilege escalation

Where:

Local system

Solution Status:

Vendor Patch

OS:

Conectiva Linux 6.0
Conectiva Linux 7.0
Conectiva Linux 8
Debian GNU/Linux 2.x
Debian GNU/Linux 3.0
EnGarde Secure Community 1.x
Gentoo Linux
Mandrake Linux 7.x
Mandrake Linux 8.x
Mandrake Linux 9.x
Red Hat Linux 6.2
Red Hat Linux 7.0
Red Hat Linux 7.1
Red Hat Linux 7.2
Red Hat Linux 7.3
Red Hat Linux 8.0
Sun Linux 5.x
SuSE Linux 7.x
SuSE Linux 8.x
Trustix Linux 1.0
Trustix Linux 1.1
Trustix Linux 1.2
Trustix Linux 1.5

Software:

file 3.x

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Solution:
Updated version:
ftp://ftp.astron.com/pub/file/file-3.41.tar.gz

No affected OS vendors has currently released updated versions of "file". However, these are expected to be released in the near future.

Provided and/or discovered by:
iDEFENSE

Original Advisory:
http://www.idefense.com/advisory/03.04.03.txt

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